Rakesh Midha

About Rakesh Midha

Rakesh is engineering leader with proven track record of demonstrated skills in boot-strapping v1 products across large scale cloud, Mobile and desktop products. Strong problem solver with in-depth technical skills and engineering insights, skills in defining product vision, building, delivering and managing planet scale services, building teams from grounds up and managing large teams, defining scalable architecture, software design and agile methodologies.As a part of Data Security & Privacy org, runs engineering for an internet-scale for core solutions like Microsoft Information Protection, Data Protection, Governance & Response, Data Risk Prevention and complete Microsoft Compliance stack. Microsoft Purview generates multi-billion dollars in annual recurring revenue and is part of Microsoft\'s industry leading M365 Compliance SKU.Build services from scratch for Microsoft Kaizala, Microsoft Kaizala is a secure messaging and work management software application for collaboration among users inside and outside of organizations, was initiated as a product under Microsoft Garage and was later fully integrated as a standalone product/Microsoft 365 service and app.In Microsoft, Office Product Group, Rakesh is responsible for building high impact cross geo, highly available and reliable services architecture for very large scale product. Prior to Microsoft, Rakesh worked at IBM Software Labs, in the areas of WebSphere Application server development and component-based development environment with open standards technology.Specialties: • Leadership skills - Building highly motivated team • Bootstrapping, handling and managing large team • Large scale services Architecture • Software Development methodologies • C++, C#, Web Services, Office development. • Data Tech: Spark, Elastic search, Cosmos streams, Cosmos DB, Kusto, ADLS, Azure Data Factory • Agile Methodologies, Test driven development • Social networking connectivity • Committer status in Open source development • Mobile Technologies • Azure technologies such as Event-Hub, Storage, Cloud Services, AKS, Functions, Batch, Cosmos DB.

Experience

1. Partner Director of Engineering - Microsoft Purview - Data Security & Compliance

   Microsoft

   Sep 2022 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Microsoft Purview is a unified data governance, security, and compliance platform designed to help organizations protect, manage, and govern their data across multiple environments. As a Director of Engineering, I lead a team of exceptional Group Engineering Managers driving innovation in Microsoft Purview Data Compliance & Protection. Our mission is to empower organizations with cutting-edge security, compliance, and governance solutions to safeguard their data.• Innovate, Design, and Deliver world-class compliance solutions: Data Lifecycle & Records Management Unified Audit Compliance Posture Management Communication Compliance• Purview for AI: With the rise of Gen AI, our work extends to ensuring customers can confidently deploy M365 Copilot with built-in Microsoft Purview Data Security & Compliance capabilities - unlocking the best of AI-powered productivity while keeping data protected.• Build and scale large-scale public cloud solutions serving 200M+ users, processing 100B+ signals and documents daily.• Foster a high-performance security & compliance engineering organization, driving talent growth, retention, and innovation at Microsoft IDC.• Lead a 150+ member team, delivering major product advancements through Purview for AI & Security Copilot.• Passionate about building secure, scalable, and AI-driven solutions that help organizations navigate the evolving landscape of data security and compliance.Skills: Strategic planning & problem solving, Design & Architecture, PLanet Scale Engineering, Organizational & team building.

Education

• MIT Sloan School of Management

  Executive Education Course, Leading Organizations and Change

• Punjab Engineering College

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics and Communication

  1995 — 1999

Skills

• Mysql
• Software Development
• Java
• Soa
• Cloud Computing
• Software Project Management
• Open Source
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Microsoft Office
• Db2
• Relational Databases
• Software Design
• Mobile Product Development
• Architectures
• Software Engineering
• Solution Architecture
• Architecture
• Agile Methodologies
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Product Management